Rudy Rabbinge, Chairman of the CGIAR Science Council and University Professor of Wageningen University and Researchcenter, The Netherlands. Global challenges: What the near future holds for world agriculture and what it means for research on crop protection.

James Brown, Project Leader, John Innes Centre, UK. Biotechnologies: Breeding for disease resistance as an integral component of crop protection.

Cliff Ohmart, IPM Director, Lodi-Woodbridge Winegrape Commission, California, USA. IPM implementation at field level: What are the impediments to grower adoption of IPM? Why do they exist and what can be done to get around them?

Roger Doig, Regional Director of DuPont Crop Protection Europe, Middle East and Africa and President of the European Crop Protection Association. The crop protection industry: Why we need pesticides in Integrated Crop Protection in Europe.

Michel Guillon, Former President and Honorary Member, International Biocontrol Manufacturers Association, Montpellier, France. The biocontrol industry: The current situation of industrial production and marketing of biological control agents and future perspectives.